Voltorb (Celestial Storm 47)

Voltorb
ビリリダマ Biriridama

Hidden Fates print
Illus. Shin Nagasawa

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

50

weakness ×2	resistance -20	retreat cost

English expansion	Celestial Storm
Rarity
English card no.	47/168
Japanese expansion	Champion Road
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	021/066

English expansion	Hidden Fates
Rarity
English card no.	SV13/SV94
Japanese expansion	GX Ultra Shiny
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	173/150

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Voltorb.

Voltorb (Japanese: ビリリダマ Biriridama) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Celestial Storm expansion.

Card text

Floating Electrons

エレキフロート

If this Pokémon has any Energy attached to it, it has no Retreat Cost.

Thunder Shock

でんきショック

20

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Pokédex data

Voltorb - Ball Pokémon

No.

100

Height

1'08" (0.5 m)

Weight

22.9 lbs. (10.4 kg)

Pokédex entry

Usually found in power plants. Easily mistaken for a Poké Ball, it has zapped many people.

発電所などに現れる。モンスターボールと間違えて触ってしびれる人が多い。

Release information

This card was included in the Celestial Storm expansion with artwork by Ken Sugimori, first released in the Japanese Champion Road subset. A new print with artwork by Shin Nagasawa featuring the Shiny version of Voltorb was included in the Hidden Fates expansion, first released in the Japanese GX Ultra Shiny subset. The Celestial Storm print was later reprinted in the French McDonald's Collection 2019 as both a Non Holofoil and a Confetti Holofoil.

Gallery

Celestial Storm print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Hidden Fates print
Illus. Shin Nagasawa

Trivia

Origin

Thunder Shock is a move in the Pokémon games that Voltorb could not learn until Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! in Generation VII. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Y. This card is based on Voltorb from EX FireRed & LeafGreen. The Hidden Fates print features the Shiny version of Voltorb.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.